TY  - JOUR
A1  - Esser, Günter
A1  - Blank, Sarah
T1  - Efficacy of psychotherapy with children and adolescents
T2  - Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie : Ergebnisse aus Psychotherapie, Beratung und Psychiatrie
N2  - Efficacy of Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents
 Psychotherapeutic interventions require empirical as well as scientific assessment. Specifically, the proven efficacy of psychotherapy for children and adolescents is essential. Thus, studies examining treatment efficacy and meta-analyses are necessary to compare effect sizes of individual therapeutic interventions between treatment groups and waiting control groups. Assessment of 138 primary studies from 1993-2009 documented the efficacy of psychotherapy for children and adolescents. Furthermore, behavioural therapy outperformed non-behavioural interventions, as 90 % of behavioural interventions showed larger effect sizes compared to non-behavioural psychotherapy. Analysis of moderator variables demonstrated an improved treatment efficacy for individual therapy, inclusion of the family, treatment of internalised disorders, and in clinical samples. Stability of psychotherapeutic treatment effects over time was demonstrated.
KW  - psychotherapy
KW  - efficacy
KW  - child and adolescent psychotherapy
KW  - meta-analysis
Y1  - 2011
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/37241
SN  - 0032-7034
VL  - 60
IS  - 8
SP  - 626
EP  - 638
PB  - Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
CY  - Göttingen
ER  -